Fig. 12.1 Room set-up for anterior resection via single docking. Patient in Trendelenburg position, with right side of patient rotated downward Laparoscopic Phase A 12 mm × 130 mm Applied Kii® balloon blunt…
Fig. 7.1 Port placement If mesh size and laterality is known at this point, mesh is inserted into the abdomen and placed immediately beneath the camera. For bilateral hernias, it…
Fig.15.1 Surgeon console illustrating the display (a), wrist support with master controls (b), and foot pedal platform (c). ©2016 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The patient-side cart supports the three or four…
N Robotic docking time (min) Console time (min) Total time (min) Major complication (bile leak, bleeding) Pietrabissa et al. (2012) SIRC 100 15 31 71 None Gonzalez et al….
Fig. 23.1 Lymph node stations in gastric cancer Oncologic Outcome As robotic gastrectomy is a relatively new approach, long-term oncologic outcome is lacking for robotic gastrectomy specifically. However, meta-analyses demonstrate…
Study # Patients # Complications # Leaks Ayloo [9] 80 2.5% 0 Deng [15] 100 NR 1% Hagan [16] 143 16.1% 0 Hubens [1] 45 11.1% 0 Mohr [5] 75…
Fig. 29.1 Arm positioning during robotic-assisted CABG. The patient’s left shoulder lies flush with the edge of the operating room table, while the arm is allowed to hang below the…
Fig. 4.1 Preoperative and postoperative images of achalasia. (a) This contrast esophagram demonstrates the findings of a hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter with a proximally dilated esophagus, showing a “bird’s beak”…
Fig. 3.1 Operating room setup 5. Antibiotics with gram-negative and gram-positive coverage are administered at induction of anesthesia as they have shown to decrease the risk of postoperative wound…
Fig. 11.1 Recommended configuration of the operating room The Veress technique is utilized to establish pneumoperitoneum. Palmer’s point, 3 cm below the left subcostal border in the midclavicular line, is…
